Characteristics of vertical tail buffet of F/A-18 aircraft

39th Aerospace Sciences Meeting and Exhibit

Volumn , Issue , 2001, Pages

  Sheta, Essam F ^a   Rock, Stacey G ^a   Huttsell, Lawrence J ^b  

^a CFD RESEARCH CORPORATION   (United States)

^b AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROELASTICITY; ANGLE OF ATTACK; ANGLE OF ATTACK INDICATORS; BOMBERS; NAVIER STOKES EQUATIONS; REYNOLDS EQUATION; REYNOLDS NUMBER; SUPERSONIC AIRCRAFT;

COMPUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; COMPUTATIONAL RESULTS; FLIGHT CONDITIONS; NAVIER-STOKES SOLVER; REYNOLDS AVERAGED; STRUCTURE DYNAMICS; SURFACE PRESSURES; TORSIONAL LOADINGS;

VERTICAL STABILIZERS;

EID: 85086490683     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2514/6.2001-710     Document Type: Conference Paper

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